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Thursday, May 31, 2012

ABS-CBN interrupted its regular programming to give way to the live
coverage of the historic impeachment trial via “Ang Hatol: Chief
Justice Corona,” which most Filipinos watched yesterday when the
senator-judges finally delivered their verdicts as it hit a national TV
rating of 18.5% against GMA (11.8%), GMA News TV (3.1%), and TV5 (2.9%), based on data from Kantar Media.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

THERE is a buzz going the rounds of financial executives regarding the offer of a possible buy-in into GMA 7 network of a big conglomerate that could alter the media industry’s landscape in the country. The buzz about the planned buy-in was reportedly sparked by the payment of the conglomerate of P10 billion.

The reports gained traction with the pronouncement earlier of GMA 7 top honcho Felipe Gozon that another conglomerate, outside of the group of Manny V. Pangilinan, is interested in the network. The MVP group is said to have offered between P40 billion and P45 billion for the company.

With improved and overwhelming Television Ratings for GMA-7, Philippine Entertainment Portal, a subsidiary of GMA Network, now revived the release of AGB Nielsen's Household Ratings. It can be remembered that a few years ago the said Internet Portal rested the release of the Household Ratings in favor of People Ratings amidst strong competition from ABS-CBN. But with GMA's renewed strength in Mega Manila, the public may now enjoy AGB's Household Ratings which is more comparable with Kantar Media's National Urban Household Ratings.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

GMA-7's newest primetime series, LUNA BLANCA, has made a fine debut in Mega Manila, scoring a trivial lead over closest rival, Princess and I. AGB Nielsen reported Luna Blanca (LB) garnering 26.3% household rating, up by 0.5 percentage points from Princess and I with 25.8% in Mega Manila. However this might just be a temporary success as series debut usually has a slight boost in viewership due to viewer's curiosity. The real score of the battle is to be seen in the coming days as LB's plot progresses.

ABS-CBN has once again recaptured leadership in Daytime! at least in the weekends. Latest National Urban TV Ratings show kapamilya programs dominating almost all time slots from Salamat Doc all the way to primetime where margins grow in favor of the Kapamilya Network. Only Kapuso Movie Festival and TAPE's Eat Bulaga made a significant win for GMA-7.

MANILA, Philippines - CIGNAL, the Philippines ’ fastest growing satellite TV provider and TV5 sister company, will launch the Weather Information Network ( WIN ) – the country’s first dedicated 24/7 weather and public information channel. The launch is opportune as the country prepares for the onset of the rainy season which according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) starts the middle of May this year.

PAGASA Chief Dr. Nathaniel Servando singled out TV5 and lauded its commitment to improving weather news broadcasting. “TV5’s continuing improvement in their weather broadcasting system and closer cooperation with PAGASA will contribute significantly to the reduction of damages and casualties due to severe weather events,”. “The longstanding collaboration between PAGASA and the media, TV5 in particular has served the public very well specially during extreme weather events by communication accurate weather information in a timely and prudent manner to the public,” he added.

This has to be a blind item as of now. Before the year ends, probably end of November, a giant merger will be announced in a grand (as in “fabulous!”) style. The event is calculated to send shock waves through the entertainment industry, bound to radically change the landscape — for the better, hopefully!

The merger will be cemented with a song in the heart and in the name of brotherhood.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Jennifer Lopez has cried wolf before--last year, she hinted that she might leave "American Idol" after her first season--but sources are now telling E!'s Marc Malkin that she is planning to quit the show after Season 11 ends next week, because she is "too busy." A rep for Fox declined to comment on E!'s story at this time.

Publicly listed firm GMA Network experienced a 5% drop in airtime revenues to P2.707 billion for the first 3 months of 2012. This was despite claiming TV Ratings supremacy over close rivals ABS-CBN and TV5.

Core business unit GMA
Channel 7, which accounted for 90 percent of total airtime revenues, fell 6% year-on-year to around P2.44 billion.

This has caused the company to incur a 27% decrease in profits to P388 million from P534 million netted a year earlier. This has been among the lowest profit level of GMA for the past 9 years which is largely attributed to the maturing market and stiffer competition from TV5.

Rival ABS-CBN Corp. reported a 4% increase in airtime revenue and a 1% increase in recurring net income, while TV 5 remained red.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

MANILA, Philippines - (UPDATED 2:15 p.m.) The chairman of GMA Network Inc. said another conglomerate is interested in acquiring the broadcast company.

During GMA Network's annual stockholders meeting, Felipe Gozon said a second company apart from the PLDT group has expressed interest in buying into the broadcast firm. He however refused to divulge the identity of the new suitor.

"There were others who expressed interest. Of course, Filipino conglomerate. GMA is very attractive and desirable not only to MVP," Gozon said, referring to Manuel V. Pangilinan, who chairs Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

The PLDT group has been reported to have offered to acquire GMA Network, but talks have stalled on an acceptable price for both parties.

With improved National TV Ratings in the first quarter of 2012, ABS-CBN has implemented a hike in adverting rates early this year, citing an article from ABS-CBN News.

However, despite this increase (in ad rates) ABS-CBN managed to post a 4 % growth in airtime revenues from P4 billion in 2011 to P4.2 billion in the first three months of 2012.The increase in rates proved to be reasonable as subscriptions from large advertisers remained strong.

An official of GMA Network Corp. said all major shareholder groups said have agreed to sell GMA-7 at the right price, as matured market and rising costs pull company profit down.

In the first 3 months of the 2012, the net income of GMA-7 was down over
27% to P388 million from P534 million in the same period in 2011. This has been among the lowest net income of the company since 2003.

This profit drop was despite the company's effort to control cost and protect revenue flow through an early booking scheme which calls for advertisers to seal early subscriptions to GMA Programs for the entire year.

MANILA, Philippines – Tales of the supposed escape of Anastasia Romanov from Russia have gripped thousands for decades, fueling speculation that a daughter of Russia’s last sovereign ruler survived the revolution that obliterated her immediate family.

But as far as science is concerned, Anastasia never escaped: She died along with her parents Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra, sisters Olga, Tatiana, Maria and brother Alexei.

The emergence of TV5 as a strong third player is already sending shock waves to industry leaders GMA-7 and ABS-CBN as the latter's shares in the advertising market continuously shrink. One solid proof are the latest financial disclosures of both GMA and ABS-CBN noting a significant drop in advertising revenues since 2011.

Manuel V. Pangilinan-led television network Associated Broadcasting
Corp. (ABC), operator of TV5, saw its market share grow substantially in
2011, establishing itself as a serious player in the broadcast sector.

In an interview with "Umagang Kay Ganda" on Monday, Santiago said he and his wife are sorry for the incident that happened at Ninoy Aquino International Terminal 3 last May 6 but they won't say sorry for allegedly cursing Ilagan because it never happened.

In a press briefing ABS-CBN chief finance officer Rolando Valdueza admits that weak ratings in its noontime block offset growth in its advertising business. Valdueza stressed that in spite of a 4% growth in its Advertising Income for the first quarter of 2012, the increase would have been better if not to the weak advertising income from its noontime block. ABS-CBN suffered drastic decrease in ratings on its noontime block in 2010 when it canceled Wowowee and Willie Revillame for the alleged disrespect to the Network's Executives. Since then ABS-CBN lost its National Leadership to rival GMA-7 due to the significant drop in Daytime Ratings.

Monday, May 14, 2012

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) - Multimedia conglomerate ABS-CBN Corp. reported a consolidated net income of P306 million for the first quarter of 2012. This is 69% lower than the net income of P976 million for the first quarter of 2011 which included a one-time gain from the sale of Sky Cable PDRs last year.

Excluding the one-time gain of P674 million, ABS-CBN's first quarter net income would have been 1% higher than last year's recurring income of P302 million.

It’s May, 2009. I’m on holiday with my husband and son in St. Petersburg, Russia, with a mission to trace my Russian roots and hopefully reunite with relatives of my Russian grandmama. Getting ready to leave my hotel room for more sightseeing, I’m on the phone with my hysterical mom who’s halfway across the world in Manila. She asked that I call her immediately after receiving pictures I e-mailed her from the previous day’s visit to Catherine’s Palace.

GMA Films' much hyped horror movie, THE ROAD, which debuted in 50 US cinemas has failed to lured interest from American viewers as it only raked P2.6 million or $61,200 according to the international tabulator BOX OFFICE MOJO. Although the Film allegedly recieved positive reviews from international critics as claimed by GMA, it has somehow failed to appeal even to almost a million Filipino citizens residing in US and Canada. Is the hype for the said movie just media frenzy?